How to Make a Wreath Frame

You can make pine wreat from a willow wreath frame.

You can make your own wreath frame form from willow branches, which feature a flexibility that allows them to be braided into the circle wreath shape. Once this wreath frame is made, it can be used as a base for a natural pine bough wreath or a dried flower wreath arrangement. Willow branches cut from living trees are best for the wreath frame. Fallen and dried branches may snap and break into pieces when bent.

Things You'll Need

• Four long willow branches the diameter of a pencil
• Tape measure
• Garden shears
• Floral wire on a paddle

Instructions

1. Strip all leaves from the willow branches.

2. Cut all three branches to a 3-foot length with the garden shears.

3. Braid three branches by holding the branches together in your hand and moving each branch from the outside edge to the center of the remaining two branches, while bending the braid into a circular form.

4. Weave the fourth branch through the braid to connect the circle.

5. Wrap the floral wire around the braid every 3 inches, keeping the wire on the paddle.

References

• "Wreaths: Techniques and Materials"; Richard Kollath; 1999
• "Making Classic Wreaths"; Ed Smith; 2005